Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Consider FDA-approved medical therapies in postmenopausal women and men aged 50 years and older, based on the following: A hip or vertebral (clinical or morphometric) fracture Osteoporosis: T-score ≤ -2.5 at the femoral neck or spine after appropriate evaluation to...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Toxicity Example situation Antidote Magnesium toxicity, e.g. in a woman who has preeclampsia who is being treated with magnesium who becomes apnea and areflexia. Calcium e.g. Calcium gluconate (can be given via peripheral IV). Calcium chloride needs a central line....
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
“Penicillin or ampicillin should be administered intravenously for intrapartum chemoprophylaxis against neonatal group B streptococcal infection. Cefazolin is an alternative in women with penicillin allergy who do not have a high risk of anaphylaxis.” AAFP...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Sevelamer is taken by patients with CKD and hypercalcemia to lower their calcium. How does it work? By blocking intestinal absorption of phosphate, which lowers PTH secretion. Sevelamer is a phosphate binder. Calcium acetate is also a phosphate binder. Secondary...
DERMATOLOGY, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Dilute Bleach Baths. Making a bleach bath is so easy. It’s just a matter of putting a little bit of bleach into the bath water. The bleach kills bacteria like Staph aureus that grow on the skin. Studies have shown that bleach baths help children with Eczema. -Add a...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Increase in creatinine upon initiating ACE inhibitors You start a lisinopril in a patient and it worked well for the patient and brings her BP to your goal. However, her creatinine rises from 1.25 to 1.5. What should you do? Continue the current medication. “ACE...
